Buckle.



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BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, 1905.

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WILLIAM BLOOMBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed lgovemher 2,1905- Serial No. 235.584:-

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BLOOMBERG, a citizen of the United States,residing at the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, county of Kings,and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBuckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in buckles of the lever type inwhich the web is held between a lever and a back; and the object of myinvention is to produce a buckle in which the web may be adjusted eitherby sliding the buckle along the web passing between the lever and backor by detaching the end of the web from a web-engaging bar and replacingit thereon in a new position. A further object is to obviate all sewingof the web to the buckle.

I attain these objects by the means shown in the accompanying drawings,in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout.

Figure 1 is a front view of a buckle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is aside view of the structure of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showingone method of threading the buckle. Fig. 4 is a view, partly in section,showing another method of threading the buckle.

The buckle 1 comprises the usual frame having the lever consisting ofthe fingerpiece 2 and gripping-bar 3, pivotally secured thereto near oneend by means of the ears 4. The frame 1 has the back or back bar 5,opposed to the gripping-bar 3 of the lever at one end and at the otherthe web-retaining or bottom bar 6. The web-engaging bar 7 is secured tothe frame 1 between the back 5 and bottom bar 6 and is preferablypivoted or hinged thereto. This bar 7 is provided with web-engagingmeans, which, as shown, consist of the prongs 8. The upper part of theprongs preferably come behind the finger-piece 2 when the buckle is inclosed position, so that they are held flat against the frame. Thebuckle is used or threaded in either of two ways. First, as shown inFig. 3, the end 10 of the web is passed between the gripping-bar 3 ofthe lever and the back 5, where it may be clamped at any desired point.The other end 11 is carried around the buckle, as shown, first betweenthe back 5 and the web-engaging bar 7, as at 12, the prongs 8 piercingand holding the web. The free end of the web 13 is then passed fromfront to back between the bottom bar 6 and the web-engaging bar 7, andthe threading is then complete without any sewing.

As shown in Fig. 4, one end 14 of the web is secured between the leverand back, and the other end is then carried between the web-engaging bar7 and the back 5, as indicated at 15, the free end 16 being passedbetween the web-engaging bar 7 and the bottom bar 6 from the back, wherethe end is secured without sewing.

It is apparent that the web may be adjust ed either by sliding thebuckle along the web between the lever and back, clamping it at thedesired place, or the free end may be detached from the web-engaging barand reattached in a new position without any cutting or sewing. Thislatter feature is advantageous in the manufacture of suspenders, as a,short man can shorten up the suspenders without bringing the buckle upto his shoulder or, as it sometimes happens, over on his back.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A suspender-buckle comprising a frame; a lever pivotally securedthereto at one end; a back bar in the frame opposed to the clamping edgeof the lever when the buckle is closed; a bottom bar in the frame at theother end; a web-engaging bar in the frame between the bottom and backbars; in combination with a web, one end of which is passed around theweb-engaging bar and the end placed under the bottom bar to hold it inplace, and the other end of which is passed over the front of the bucklebetween the lever and the back bar whereby it may be clamped at apredetermined point.

2. A suspender-buckle comprising a frame; a lever pivotally securedthereto at one end; a back bar in the frame opposed to the clamping edgeof the lever when the buckle is closed; a bottom bar in the frame at theother end; a web-retaining bar in the frame pivotally secured theretobetween the back and bottom bars; in combination with a web one end ofwhich is passed around the webengaging bar and under the bottom bar tohold 1t in place, and the other end of which is passed over the front ofthe buckle between the lever and back bar whereby it may be clamped atany desired point.

3. A suspender-buckle comprising a frame; a lever pivotally securedthereto at one end;

a back bar in the frame opposed to the clamping edge of the lever whenthe buckle is closed; a bottom bar in the frame at the other end; atoothed or pronged web-engaging bar pivotally secured in the framebetween the back and bottom bars; in combination with a web one end ofwhich is passed around the web-engaging bar and under the bottom bar tohold it in place and the other end of which is passed over the front ofthe buckle between the lever and back bar whereby it may be clamped atany desired point.

4. A suspender-buckle comprising a frame; a lever pivotally securedthereto at one end; a back bar in the frame opposed to the clamping edgeof the lever when the buckle is closed; a bottom bar in the frame at theother end and a pronged web-engaging bar pivotally secured to the framebetween the back and bottom bars adapted to have the end of the webpassed around it; the points of the prongs lying against the back barand under the finger-piece when the buckle is closed.

5. A suspender-buckle composed of a frame, a lever pivotally securedthereto, said frame consisting of a back opposed to the lever, a bottombar, a web-engaging bar beclosed; a bottom bar in the frame at the otherend a pronged web-engaging bar pivotally secured to the frame betweenthe back and bottom bars, the points of which lie against the back barand under the fingerpiece of the lever when the buckle is closed;

in combination with a piece of web one end of which is passed around theweb-engaging bar and under the bot tom bar to hold it in place, and theother end of which is passed over the front of the buckle and betweenthe lever and back bar whereby it may be clamped at any desired point.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the resenceof two witnesses, this 27th day of ctober, 1905.

WILLIAM BLOOMBERG.

Witnesses:

RoBT. B. KILLGORE, O. H. Horwoon.

